New Threads For Forum: Death Penaltyhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/forum/view/43971/68569/Death_PenaltyDeath Penalty Programhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43971/30577991/Death_Penalty_ProgramThe Death Penalty inflicts cruel and unusual punishment on it's recipients and makes the victims of unparalled cruelty if they were not already (had a terrible life). The death penalty treats American citizens worse than cattle feed; it creates an aSat, 29 Aug 2015 19:13:55 -0500Nebraska Repeals Death Penaltyhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43971/30509447/Nebraska_Repeals_Death_PenaltyLegislators overrode the governor's veto in order to repeal the death penalty in the state.While the governor indulged in the usual scare tactics in order to prevent this, the last time it was actually implemented was a while ago - 1997 - and a deathWed, 27 May 2015 17:13:30 -0500Utah May Bring Back Firing Squadhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43971/30456537/Utah_May_Bring_Back_Firing_SquadOwing to the shortage of drugs for lethal injection, Utah is now looking to bring back the firing squad as a means of execution. Looks like the boycott on selling drugs only slowed things down.Wed, 11 Mar 2015 13:52:18 -0500Ohio Delays All of This Year's Scheduled Executionshttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43971/30429635/Ohio_Delays_All_of_This_Years_Scheduled_ExecutionsOhio announced yesterday that it will postpone all 6 executions scheduled for this year, pushing them into 2016 to allow the state to obtain new lethal injection drugs. www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/...The decision comes 3 weeks after OhioSat, 31 Jan 2015 08:45:40 -0600RECORD NUMBER OF STATES VOTE FOR MORATORIUM ON DEATH PENALTYhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43971/30410311/RECORD_NUMBER_OF_STATES_VOTE_FOR_MORATORIUM_ON_DEATH_PENALTYamerica.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/12/1...Wed, 31 Dec 2014 11:12:55 -0600Botched Executionhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43971/30255423/Botched_ExecutionOklahoma's botched lethal injection marks new front in battle over executionsA botched lethal injection in Oklahoma has catapulted the issue of U.S. capital punishment back into the international spotlight, raising new questions about the drugs beingThu, 01 May 2014 10:39:44 -0500Announcement: New Science Forumhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43971/30004831/Announcement:_New_Science_ForumCalling all science nerds, novices, professionals and dilettantes &hellip; and, well, everybody! Check out Beliefnet&rsquo;s new forum for discussion of scientific news, developments, and issues &ndash; Science News & Issues. This is a forum for diSun, 14 Jul 2013 23:07:09 -0500Why the Death Penalty Is a Bad Ideahttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43971/29820871/Why_the_Death_Penalty_Is_a_Bad_IdeaA man is being freed 22 years after being convicted of a murder he did not commit:news.nationalpost.com/2013/03/20/ive-liv...Thu, 21 Mar 2013 09:14:31 -0500Connecticut Abolishes Death Penaltyhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43971/29089827/Connecticut_Abolishes_Death_PenaltyConnecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy quietly signed a bill Wednesday repealing Connecticut's death penalty. The state has had the death penalty since the colonial era, when a Native American named Napauduck was hanged for murder in 1639. Stories hSun, 29 Apr 2012 13:34:34 -0500Seems like there was reasonable doubt...http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43971/28289265/Seems_like_there_was_reasonable_doubt...news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/troy-davis-...Well, if they find out he was truly not guilty, there's no going back once he's been executedWed, 21 Sep 2011 09:58:13 -0500